WOW what a weekend

Elijah "Buggie"

Evelina "Evie"

Arless and Michael best friends being little snipers!

Mom, Me, Diad

My beautiful sweet mom Turned 70, so we had her a b-day party on friday! Then on saturday her whole crew(there must have been close to 100) people went back to help clean around her yard. We had such a blast!!!! However with all the raking I did I certainly paid for it that night and the next day.

I am now on a two week break from PRT, house cleaning. Or trying to. Tomorrow(Thursday) is mine and Cliff's anniversary and we plan on spending Friday night away. My sister will be coming to our home to watch the kids for us. this is the first time we've ever did this without the kids and I'm a bit nervous and excited at the same time.

Well it's late and I must sign off.

~R

Thursdays Question and short update

Elijah's really getting the hang of this toilet training. Yesterday he only had one 'accident'.

Have decided I want to turn Elijah's amll room into a sensory room and so I'm putting things on ebay in an attempt to raise enough money and save it in my paypal. I'm proud to say that so far I've raised a little over 200! Can't wait until i have enough and can make his special place for him. he's not a child who plays with toys but he's all about sensory, visual type stuff. I just know this will make him so much happier and able to relax at night. that sounds selfish doesn't it, but the truth is...I NEED SLEEP!!!!!!!!

So I've decided to add a question(s) every thurday. Today it's two. one of my own and One from Gregory stocks book of questions.

1st: What things would you like me to blog about?

2nd:You discover your wonderful one-year-old child is, because of a mixup at the hospital, not yours. Would you want to exchange the child to try to correct the mistake?

have a great day
~R

Yesterday was a stressful day! Elijah was just off about something. It were as though he reverted back to day one of toilet training. By five my nerves snapped and I put a pull-up on him. That was my first time of giving in and now I feel really badly about it. I had to do it though to keep my sanity. i'd cleaned up more bowel movements to last me a lifetime.

however, the Occupational Therapist came in the morning and he said apple and bubble for her. YEAH!!!!!! Way to go Elijah!!!!

Today however was a perfect day, he went to the bathroom on his own each time and was very happy and loveable.

~R

Toilet training update

So My Big Little Bug is doing much better.

This is the "toilet training tale":

My first day March 22 I do believe, Buggie(also noted as Elijah) woke up and I instantly put underwear and pants on him, about a half hour later, I'd changed him about 6-8 times and was frustrated. he'd gone up to his room when the community worker rang the doorbell to begin her morning of PRT. I was headed up the stairs with a good night pull-up. She said wait, let me call the occupational therapist and get her opinion.

The OT said that pull-up wasn't at all good for a child with autism if the goal was to toilet train him(well except at night). With underwear the child got the whole wet feeling down their legs and such so that was the best way to go. and once you start doing it, you can't change your mind because that was very confusing for the child. She suggested we load Buggie down with water and keep a close watch on his 'pee-pee'. and when he does go, if he's caught in the act to startle him with a sharp, "NO.' and then correct him by taking him to the toilet and saying "don't pee on the floor. pee goes in the toilet." By startling him it makes his bladder contract and the peeing stops and then he can finish on the toilet.

Well needless to say i got real tired of watching his pee-pee, so I opted for sticking my bear foor uner his thing if he was sitting. I must say I had my foot peed on a few times to many. It's been what 4 weeks now or close to it and I'm still on butt watch.

I do notice that if he has his pants off and the bathroom door is left open he'll go by himself, but with clothes....well that poses another problem.

for the last couple of days Elijah's been a little food monster. He's a big eater anyway...eats anything you give him, but yesterday and today he's just driving me crazy wanting food and I have to say no. But he's prosistant!!!!

Today the OT was here and she got 'apple' and 'bubble' out of him. Yippee!!!! She's so good with him, but when she works with him it's so hard for me to watch because she doesnt take any of his grunts or hums unless they have an actual word quality to them. which is probably for the best but it's hard to watch anyway.

Off to fold clothes...have a great day!

~R

toilet training my little (big) Bug

Toilet training a normal child isn't easy, but training an autistic one is far harder...trust me.

As long as he has no pants on he's fine and today he's gone all by his self. However when I take him to preschool and he has to have pants on they are having the hardest time getting him to go in the toilet.

So today I'm starting over...this time with underwear and pants. wish me luck!!!

~R
oh how I miss the respite worker. i didnt realize how much I look foreward to my thursday evenings when she takes Elijah for a bit, until she told me she was going to take a 6 week break on her docters orders. We are three weeks into that 6 week break.